octofid

English

Etymology

From Latin octofidus, from octus (“eight”) + -fidus, related to findere (“to split”).

Adjective

octofid (not comparable)

1. (botany) Cleft or separated into eight segments.

   an octofid calyx

Coordinate terms

• bifid, trifid, quadrifid, quinquefid, sexfid/sexifid, novemfid, decemfid, duodecimfid, centifidous, multifid/multifidous

References

• “octofid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.